Soccer led Philip Zinckernagel on a winding wander across Europe, from world cities like London, Athens and Bruges to the less-traveled locales of Helsingør, in the Danish hinterlands, and Glimt, a Norwegian town north of the Arctic Circle, line items on a lengthy résumé bedecked with upwards of a dozen professional clubs.

Chicago Fire FC supporters can take heart from the fact that the Second City more than holds its own against the Copenhagen native’s past destinations.

“I love it. My wife is happy, got a small dog who loves it, weather's been much better than expected,” Zinckernagel explained to MLSsoccer.com in a conversation during MLS All-Star week in Austin last month. “Chicago's just an amazing city. We got the lakefront, you got the food scene, the coffee; you basically have

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